Native studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metal-clad home referred to as Casa La Escocesa, which options “insulating blankets” fabricated from sheep wool that in any other case would have been incinerated.
The 150-square-metre challenge is positioned on a farm in Argentina’s subtropical Pampas area, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The constructing website is surrounded by crops, sheep and polo horses.
Lengthy and rectangular in plan, the constructing sits atop a platform and is roofed with a gabled roof. The home was designed by DUB Arquitectura, a studio based mostly in Buenos Aires, to comply with the location circumstances and to permit for future enlargement.
The inside is split into 4 primary areas: a kitchen and eating room, a bed room, a rest room, and a multi-purpose attic house. A breezeway lies on the centre of the plan.
“The central patio serves as an out of doors distribution corridor and an area for assembly and contemplation of the encircling and everlasting panorama,” the crew stated.
When selecting the constructing’s supplies, the crew opted for low- or no-maintenance choices, to minimise the challenge’s operational power.
Facades are clad in corrugated metallic sheets, and plywood was used abundantly inside the home.
Discarded sheep wool was used for insulation, making use of an area product. The crew stated 4,000 tons of sheep wool are discarded yearly within the province of Buenos Aries.
The insulation thickness varies round the home, relying upon the orientation to the solar.
“The home was used as a case examine to implement the primary insulating blankets created from discarded wool from this specific area, which is often burnt,” the crew stated.
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“Now, the home is measured each season to check the evolution of the fabric, which is exhibiting nice efficiency.”
Glazing was minimised in sure areas, but the house stays crammed with pure gentle. Above the lavatory and the primary hall, the crew launched skylights to cut back reliance on synthetic gentle.
All rooms function cross-ventilation and solar safety on home windows, together with the attic, the place particular vents present air flow throughout heat months.
Different tasks involving sheep wool embrace an English sauna by Architects Vacation that has purple shingles and insulation fabricated from recycled plastic and wool, and a Chilean home by Group Citic that consists of three gabled volumes with sheep wool insulation.
The images is by Fernando Schapochnik.
Undertaking credit:
Architect: DUB ArquitecturaArchitect in cost: Angie DubCollaborators: Belén Butler, Tabatha Walter
